1. Fan Canglang (Floating on the Canglang; alternate title: Jiuyi Mountain Prelude)
   Concerns Qu Yuan; Emperor Yu was buried in the Jiuyi Mountains, on the Hunan-Guangdong border
2. Tiantai Yin (Mount Tiantai Prelude; incomplete) and Taoyuan Chunxiao (Spring Dawn at Peach Spring)
   A utopia lies hidden in the mountains
3. He Wu Dongtian (Cranes Dance in the Grotto-Heaven)
   The Grotto-Heaven is found in the mountains; used as a prelude to Pei Lan
4. Feng Ru Song Ge (Song of the Wind in the Pines)
   The wind in the pines is especially praised in the mountains.
5. Yao Tian Sheng He (Jade Sheng, Heavenly Crane)
   Wangzi Qiao ascends into immortality from a peak in the Songshan mountain range
6. Kongtong Yin and Kongtong Wen Dao (Discussing the Dao at Kongtong Mountain, with prelude)
   Here the Yellow Emperor discussed the Dao with Guangchengzi (Henan or Gansu)
7. Gao Shan (High Mountains)
   When Boya played this melody Ziqi could see the soaring mountains
8. Qiao Ge (Woodcutter's Song; last section: Dancing Drunkenly Down the Mountain)
   Woodcutters are usually associated with mountains
9. Shanju Yin (Mountain Life, 2 versions)
   The scholar dreams of retiring to the mountains
10. Qiu Hong (Autumn Geese; from the northern Hengshan range to the southern Hengshan range)
    The southern Hengshan, in Hunan, is associated with exile
11. Shanzhong Si Youren (Amidst Mountains Thinking of an Old Friend)
    Unfortunately, friends cannot always join you in retirement; one version has lyrics
12. Yu Hui Tushan (Emperor Yu's Gathering at Mount Tu, 2 versions)
    A glorious gathering near Shaoxing commemorates the end of the flood
13. Zhao Yin (Seeking Seclusion)
    The preface and poems indicate this is in the mountains
14. Zui Weng Yin (Old Toper's Chant)
    the lyrics recall Ouyang Xiu's pavilion in the Langye Mountains, west of Nanjing

 
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